F-16 downs target drone with laser-guided rocket

摘要

THE USAF has conducted what it described as an "unprecedented test", in which an F-16C operated by the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron (TES) shot down a cruise missile target using a laser-guided rocket. The December 19 test involved the jet destroying a subscale drone using an AGR-20A Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) laser-guided rocket. In the proof-of-concept test, the rockets were cued from the F-16's AN/ AAQ-33 Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP).